Smokers still think a few cigarettes are safe

London, April 18: Although most people know that smoking is a risk factor for developing several cancers, many still wrongly believe that smoking less is safe, says a new study. The researchers found that more than a third of the people they studied believe that smoking up to 10 cigarettes is not associated with any risk of lung cancer. The results demonstrate powerfully that the war against smoking is far from over, said one of the researchers, Laurent Greillier from Hopital Nord in Marseille, France. The findings were presented at the European Lung Cancer Conference (ELCC) in Geneva, Switzerland.